This training program will aid those working to defend persons accused of homicide in drug-related overdose deaths. Each section of the program focuses on a different aspect of these cases. CLE is not available for this program.

To help defenders understand the law, the science, and the messaging underlying these prosecutions, NACDL is offering a FREE, on-demand training videos on Defending Drug Overdose Homicides.

Funded by a grant from Vital Strategies, a public health organization committed to building community oriented, science-backed solutions which promote a sustained reduction in overdose deaths, this on-demand training content is designed to educate and empower defenders to tackle these challenging and difficult cases.

Forensic Computer Experts Larry Daniel, Lars Daniel, and Jake Green from Envista Forensics cover child pornography cases and how experts can help you win your case. Topics include issues related to common social media platforms in child pornography cases, such as Omegle, Discord, Whisper, and Kik, the FBI’s use of undercover covert employees, discovery issues that can turn cases around, and how an expert can help reduce that production case into receipt or possession.

This page contains materials and information related to digital forensics.

Presented by Alice Fontier, Managing Director, Criminal Defense Practice, Bronx Defenders

Trial Advocacy: Forensic Sciences Training
Philadelphia, PA | Grant-Funded Public Defense Training

From encrypting your documents, texts and emails to using a private Internet browser, this webinar walks through a curated list of tools and tricks designed to protect your work product, your technology, your clients, and your cases.

Police departments across the country are starting to use facial recognition technology to identify suspects, and body camera manufacturers are working to incorporate the technology into their products. This emerging technology has many flaws, which render its results unreliable. Defenders need to understand the technology and its limitations, be aware of how it is being deployed, and know how to challenge its use in their cases.

This comment from the Fourth Amendment Center addresses the National Institute of Standards and Technology's report "Digital Investigation Techniques: A Scientific Foundation Review."

Cell Site Simulators, also known as IMSI catchers or Stingrays, mimic cell towers and trick phones within their radius into communicating with them instead, during which they are able to collect information about the device. Using a cell site simualtor is a Fourth Amendment Search, sometimes conducted without a court order. This resource explains this technology works, their judical authorization, how to identify this evidence in a case, and how to challenge that evidence. 

The below primer is a fact sheet on Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs). This software can run on a wide variety of video streams and captures information about vehicles as they pass including the license plate number, make and model of the car, the time and location, and sometimes the occupants. The primer explains how law enforcement use this information and walks through some potential arguments for defense lawyers challenging this evidence in their cases. 

With an increasing number of police departments across the country turning to unregulated, untested, and flawed facial recognition technology to identify suspects, it is vital defenders understand the technology, its limitations, and how to challenge its use in their cases.

Government’s Response to Defendant’s Motion for Full Discovery Regarding Surveillance

U.S. v. Mohamed Osman Mohamud 3:10-cr-00475-KI (D. Ore.)

Reply to Government’s Opposition to Defendants’ Joint Motion Pursuant to Rule 33, Fed. R. Crim. P., for a New Trial

U.S. v. Basaaly Moalin 3:10-cr-04246-JM (S.D. Cal.)

United States' Response and Opposition to Defendants' Joint Motion for New Trial

U.S. v. Basaaly Moalin 3:10-cr-04246-JM (S.D. Cal.)

Statement of Facts and Memorandum of Points and Authorities In Support Of Joint Motion Pursuant to Rule 33, Fed. R. Crim. P., for a New Trial

U.S. v. Basaaly Moalin 3:10-cr-04246-JM (S.D. Cal.)